“A dangerous specimen”: Italy justifies the death of a bear accused of attacking a French hiker

A mother osanoted for the attack on a French hiker earlier this month, has been the crash in Italia. Animal rights advocates said the death of the bear, identified as Kj1, leaves their three bear cubs in “serious difficulties to survive”.

The Italian Alpine province of Trento confirmed the sacrifice of the animal on Tuesday, despite protests from activists. The International Organization for the Protection of Animals said that the order to kill her was issued overnightmaking it impossible to request a legal suspension.

“OIPA Italy is baffled by the sacrifice of Kj1, whom we tried to save with two legal actions“says Claudia Taccani, a lawyer for the organization, noting that a judge had suspended two previous sacrifice orders to study other remedies. “Unfortunately, this was not done.”

Trentowhich enjoys a large degree of autonomy from the Italian Government, has been at the center of the controversyfor the sacrifice of brown bears who, he claims, have too confidently invaded human territory in recent years.

How do authorities know that Kj1 was responsible for the attack?

And DNA analysis carried out after the attack on the French hiker indicated that Kj1 was responsible.

“Kj1 was a dangerous specimen,” the province stated in a statement, citing a scale that rates the threat posed by bears. “The animal was determined to be responsible for at least seven interactions with humans,” including the July 16 attack on 43-year-old French hiker in the municipality of Dro, north of Lake Garda.

Apparently, the hiker strayed from the trail at about 500 meters above sea level on a morning hike and encountered the bear, which He wounded him in the leg and arm.. The hiker escaped and called for help.

Its about ninth case of aggression against human beings since the reintroduction of the brown bear in the province in 1999within the framework of a European Union project, and the first since the death of a hiker last summer.